Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.0A median $348,000: what owners say homes in Ekota are worth
625 owner households answered the census question on value in 2021. The values date from May 2021 and are what owners thought their homes were worth, not sale prices. No sales are published for towns in Alberta, Ekota included, so owners’ values are the measure.
Ekota’s homes, by two sources
Each source sits beside its own median for Alberta’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $324K
- Owners
- 625
- Alberta’s towns
- $400K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Alberta’s towns
- $297K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH). · Assessed values, values by property type and building permits published for the city of Edmonton, not by town
Edmonton’s detached houses are assessed 30% above the median of Alberta’s towns
Of Edmonton’s 347,170 residential properties on the 2024 roll, 61% are detached houses and 18% are condos.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Alberta’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
10% of Ekota’s homes need major repairs, against 5% for Alberta’s towns
Ekota had 915 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 57% of them single-detached houses. At least half predate 1981. A neighbourhood’s counts are summed from small census areas, so its parts can fall a little short of the whole.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Alberta’s towns
Homes by kind
| Ekota | Alberta | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 24% | 15% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 5% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 7% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 10% | 8% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Permits in Edmonton ran at 26 homes a year per 1,000, where Alberta’s towns ran at 7.5
Edmonton issued permits for 61,232 new homes from 2018 to 2023, or about 10,205 a year. Single-unit buildings took 32%, the rest buildings of two or more, against 69% for Alberta’s towns. For monthly permits, the only official count covers all of the Edmonton metro area, Ekota included.
The busiest year: 2022, with 12,256 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Down 15%: 21,179 new homes in the year to August 2026
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Ekota is 13% below the $400,000 median of Alberta’s towns
The census values of Alberta’s towns, 478 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Cheaper next to Ekota: Meyonohk and Meyokumin
Next to Ekota: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
Questions about property prices in Ekota
Is Ekota expensive for Alberta?
Less than most: Alberta’s towns have a median of $400,000, and Ekota sits below it.
How many households in Ekota are in core housing need?
About as many as elsewhere: 10% of households in Ekota, where Alberta’s towns sit at 8%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).